Hyderabad: Jewellery shop worker robbed of 30 lakh

Hyderabad: Unidentified persons on Tuesday night sprayed pepper on a jewellery shop worker and robbed him of Rs 30 lakh under Mahankali police station limits.

According to the police, a person named Roop Ram was carrying around Rs 30 lakh when unidentified persons sprayed pepper in his eyes and snatched the cash from him before fleeing from the place. Roopa Ram works with Rohit jewelers and had gone at the behest of his employers to Navkar Jewellers at Pot Market to bring the cash.

After taking the Rs 30 lakh from the shop located on the first floor of a building, the man walked into the cellar where the robbers attacked him and took away the money. On receipt of the information, police rushed to the spot and collected clues from the spot.